The document discusses the "Community as Partner" model of community assessment. It has two major components: the Community Assessment Wheel and the Nursing Process. The Community Assessment Wheel depicts the community with a core of residents influenced by eight surrounding subsystems - physical environment, education, safety, politics/government, health services, communication, economics, and recreation. Circular lines represent the community's normal defenses, flexible buffer zone, internal strengths, and potential stressors. The amount of disruption from stressors penetrating the normal and flexible lines of defense is known as the degree of community reaction.